The Rolling Tape

After our first inaugural TRT Trivia bonus episode, our winner Sara Ciplickas had the opportunity to choose the film we would cover for the next bonus review! In order to celebrate pride month, we review To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar directed by Beeban Kidron in 1995 starring Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo.


The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

One-location films often utilize enclosed settings to create a specific element of tension as if the characters are trapped within a space for the narrative to unfold. Joined by guest Manning Franks we discuss two films that are quintessential examples of the single-location setting technique, 12 Angry Men and Rear Window. Sidney Lumet and Alfred Hitchcock respectively master the closed setting of their films in order to reveal character traits and force character actions in response to the walled-in nature of their current world.

Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:15:15 Double Feature Preface
• 0:27:15 Initial Thoughts 
• 0:38:03 Double Feature Review
• 1:16:30 Ratings
• 1:27:45 Polls & Double Feature Pitches

The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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Manning Franks on Letterboxd, Twitter, Instagram, WFMY News 2

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Gabe Lillianthal on Letterboxd, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok

Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Eugene Rocco Utley

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

Christian Cargill is a London-based filmmaker and photographer. During his time at Pulse Films, Christian worked across productions for Netflix, HBO, Vice Studios and the BBC. He has directed various mini-docs and music videos, working with artists including Laura Marling and Gorillaz. In this interview, we discuss his first documentary Heart Valley which won multiple awards during its festival run including Best Documentary Short at Tribeca Film Festival 2022. Just before Tribeca 2023, Christian looks back at the path of this film in its unexpected trajectory and looks ahead at what he is currently working on for the future.


The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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Christian Cargill on IMDb, Website, Twitter, and Instagram

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Where to watch HEART VALLEY

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• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

With the HBO series Succession, created by Jesse Armstrong, coming to a close, members of The Rolling Tape team and guest Sean Place deliver their next-day reactions on the finale and discuss the show in hindsight of its four season run.


The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.


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Website & Publications: www.therollingtape.com
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Twitter: @therollingtape
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Sean Place on Letterboxd and Instagram

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Eugene Rocco Utley on Letterboxd, Instagram, and Twitter
Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, Twitter, and Film Fragments
Gabe Lillianthal on Letterboxd, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok

Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

Have questions? Email [email protected]

Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Edited by Eugene Rocco Utley

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

The latest addition to the Disney live-action remake lineup is The Little Mermaid directed by Rob Marshall and starring Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Melissa McCarthy, Awkwafina, Javier Bardem, and Daveed Diggs. Joined by guest Katie Rentschler, we review everything under the sea reviewing the film and its merit as a remake of the 1989 animated classic.

Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:15:23 The Little Mermaid Non-spoilers
• 0:25:31 The Little Mermaid Spoilers
• 1:29:37 Polls & Conclusion

The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:
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Website & Publications: www.therollingtape.com
Instagram: @therollingtape
Twitter: @therollingtape
Letterboxd: @therollingtape

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Katie Rentschler on Letterboxd, Instagram, Twitter, Slice of Katie, Geek Ultimate Alliance

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Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, Twitter, and Film Fragments
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and Twitter
Matthew Soto on Letterboxd and Instagram
Sara Ciplickas on Letterboxd, Instagram, and Twitter

Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

Have questions? Email [email protected]

Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

Levi Eddie Aluede is a writer and director based in southeast London, known for their shorts (The Smell of Cut Grass) which screened at the Prince Charles Cinema in Central London and web series (Visions of a Vivid Life). Levi is currently promoting their short film An Eighth of Him which is premiering at the Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival in Toronto. Alongside filmmaking, they have successful careers as a film writer, photographer and curator, with print and online work in essays, articles, interviews and short stories. Levi is currently developing two feature film projects including Recipes for Mica Halliday, a romantic drama with Euras Films.


The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:
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Website & Publications: www.therollingtape.com
Instagram: @therollingtape
Twitter: @therollingtape 
Letterboxd: @therollingtape 

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Levi Eddie Aluede on IMDb, Twitter, Instagram, Website

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

Support the show

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

Giving Birth To a Butterfly follows a woman who after having her identity stolen, connects with her son's pregnant girlfriend as they bond together on a surreal journey and attempt to track down the perpetrators. In the conversation with co-writer Patrick Lawler, he speaks to the ‘alchemy’ of the creative dynamic between him and director Ted Schaefer. The pair co-wrote the film together after a long collaborative relationship resulting in their first feature film which is produced by Dweck Productions. Lawler and Schaefer both speak to the magical realism embedded in the film operating between its meditative ambiguity and real-life crisis of identity theft.


The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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Twitter: @therollingtape
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Ted Schaefer on IMDb, Twitter, Instagram 

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Where to watch GIVING BIRTH TO A BUTTERFLY

Resources:
Dweck Productions

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Credits:

• Transcription by Tova Benson-Tilsen, Transcriber/Proofreader ([email protected])
• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

The Palme d’Or is one of the most prestigious awards in the film festival circuit where it is given to the top film chosen by a jury at the Cannes International Film Festival each summer. We discuss why this award is historically significant through the lens of two films that have won the award previously, Titane (2021) and All That Jazz (1979). We review both films and why they had what it took to take home this prize as well as their legacy in the aftermath.

Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:8:44 Double Feature Preface
• 0:21:20 Titane
• 0:50:26 All That Jazz
• 1:22:22 Theme  Comparison
• 1:32:03 Polls & Double Feature Pitches

The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:
Podcast Website Link
Website & Publications: www.therollingtape.com
Instagram: @therollingtape
Twitter: @therollingtape
Letterboxd: @therollingtape

Support our team on Linktree

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Danny Jarabek on Letterboxd, Instagram, Filmstagram, Twitter, and TikTok
Eugene Rocco Utley on Letterboxd, Instagram, and Twitter
Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, Twitter, and Film Fragments

Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

Resources:
Spike Lee Announcing the Palme d’Or Early

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

Drea Clark is a Film Producer, a Programmer for Sundance Film Festival and Bentonville with experience at LA and Slamdance Film Festivals. She’s produced three feature films, The Last Time You Had Fun (director Mo Perkins), Lake Los Angeles (director Mike Ott), No Light and No Land Anywhere (director Amber Sealey, exec. producer Miranda July), as well as music videos, web series and a TV pilot directed by Charlie Day. In this interview, we discuss Drea’s approach to storytelling through her dedicated attention to underrepresented stories and filmmakers and how she has developed an eye for recognizing unique, stand-out voices in the industry.


The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:
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Website & Publications: www.therollingtape.com
Instagram: @therollingtape
Twitter: @therollingtape 
Letterboxd: @therollingtape 

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Drea Clark Website, Twitter, Instagram, IMDb, Maximum Film Podcast, and  Film Independent

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Danny Jarabek on Letterboxd, Instagram, Filmstagram, Twitter, and TikTok
Eugene Rocco Utley on Letterboxd, Instagram, and Twitter

Have questions? Email [email protected]

Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

Support the show

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Podcast Website Link
Website & Publications: www.therollingtape.com
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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

The Rolling Tape takes a break from film coverage to present our first edition of TRT Trivia! How much does our team know about our podcast and publications? How much do we know about each other? Find out and play along to see for yourself! Hosted by our very own Eugene Rocco Utley, he takes us through three rounds of trivia covering questions about what we have published and questions about our team themselves for a fun departure from our review schedule.

Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Intro
• 0:04:35 Round 1
• 0:28:30 Round 2
• 0:59:22 Round 3
• 1:11:30 Final Round
• 1:16:22 Results
• 1:17:42 Danny’s “Don’t Say” List
• 1:20:40 Conclusion

The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:
Podcast Website Link
Website & Publications: www.therollingtape.com
Instagram: @therollingtape
Twitter: @therollingtape
Letterboxd: @therollingtape

Support our team on Linktree

Follow our team online:
Danny Jarabek on Letterboxd, Instagram, Filmstagram, Twitter, and TikTok
Eugene Rocco Utley on Letterboxd, Instagram, and Twitter
Matthew Soto on Letterboxd and Instagram
Sara Ciplickas on Letterboxd, Instagram, and Twitter

Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

Have questions? Email [email protected]

Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Edited by Eugene Rocco Utley

Support the show

Subscribe for Early Access and Video:
The Rolling Tape Patreon

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Podcast Website Link
Website & Publications: www.therollingtape.com
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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller